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Board approves 8-month extension for MTA towing contract; stolen-vehicle fees eased for owners
Summary
The Board extended the Municipal Transportation Agency's towing contract by eight months and adopted changes that reduce fees and increase the grace period for owners of stolen vehicles, measures supervisors said will reduce hardship for victims of vehicle theft.
The Board of Supervisors on July 14 authorized an eight-month extension to the MTA’s towing contract with TEGSCO (doing business as San Francisco Auto Return) and approved several changes intended to ease financial burdens on owners whose vehicles were stolen.
Supervisor Scott Wiener, who led the effort, said owners of stolen vehicles are often further harmed when they must pay tow and storage fees on top of the theft. Under the interim changes the board approved, the MTA will: - Waive the MTA administrative fee of $266 for San Francisco residents and reduce it by 50% for nonresidents; - Waive the contractor’s tow fee of $225 and the MTA administrative storage fees for stolen vehicles; - Extend the grace period before daily storage fees begin from 4 hours to 48 hours for San Francisco residents and to 24 hours for nonresidents.
Supervisor Jane Kim said she opposed the extension because it was brought to the board on short notice and because she wants a broader reexamination of tow and storage fee levels. Supervisor David Campos also voted no and said the city should have engaged earlier so the board would have leverage in negotiations. Wiener said the extension creates an immediate improvement for stolen-vehicle owners and also provides an eight-month window during which the MTA can issue a full RFP and allow board members input on longer-term contract terms.
The resolution passed 9-2. Supervisors Campos and Kim cast the only no votes.
